December 1, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
Steve Weinberg, former NBCC board member, has just finished updated the NBCC freelancing guide; it will go to NBCC members later this month. Steve notes that when he first compiled the
November 24, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
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November 17, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
Podcast of the November 9 NBCC Reads event, “Why Translation Matters,” at Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City, with Sarah Fay, Christopher Merrill, Cole Swenson, Rudolph Valentino, and Robin Hemley.
November 13, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
Q. NBCC award winner Jonathan Lethem, whose new novel, Chronic City, is set in Manhattan, has set a small used bookstore in Maine, called Red Gap, with coffee and couches
November 10, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
Calling all NBCC Members NBCC ELECTIONS: Candidate's statements are due on December 3rd This fall, eight seats will be up for grabs on the board of the National Book Critics Circle.
October 28, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
November 9, 2009. 7 pm. Panelists will read brief excerpts from works in translation that have influenced them, and discuss, as well as provide a list of worthy works in
October 20, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
Nigerian born Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has built upon the early promise of her first novel, “Purple Hibiscus,” which was shortlisted for the 2004 Orange Prize and won a Commonwealth Writers
October 20, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
Mary Jo Bang is the author of six collections of books, including “Elegy,” which received the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award. Her most recent collection, “The Bride of E,”
October 19, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
Scott Esposito edits the online magazine of book reviews and essays the Quarterly Conversation. He’s written on literature for various publications and blogs at Conversational Reading. “Herta who?” aside, who
October 15, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
NBCC member Donna Rifkind reflects on the 35th anniversary: Happy 35th anniversary, NBCC! It’s amazing to think of the changes in book culture since your inception, and just as breathtaking